How to fit 2.5" HDD in a 3.5" HDD cage

We have the following model server (HP DL380 G7 Model 605878-005) more than 15 Pcs and it comes with a Storage Bay of 3.5" LFF...
in the other hand we have a big quantity of HDD 146GB 2.5" SFF, is the any solution to fit these HDD models to the specified model server... whether by replacing the server bay, using adaptor, buying any other accessories...
your quick response will be highly appreciated...

you can buy a conversion kit to fit any 2.5" hard drive or SDD (Solid State Drive) to be used like a standard 3.5" hard drive in a desktop system. Comes in choice of brackets for standard 1" height or the slim floppy height, the sturdy mounting metal bracket allows any hard drive or SSD to fit perfectly into any standard or slim floppy 3.5" drive bay.

For 2.5" IDE drives or SSD, the IDE connector kit mounts easily onto the back of the drive, enabling it to connect to PC power supply and the standard IDE cable commonly found on desktop, server and most industrial PCs.

the best price that i found for this was $9.89 from Addonics Technologies.

@garycase:
The specification on the server shows that it supports all of these HDD models, but the bay cage is vary depending on the server model... in our case the Model is 605878-005 I wonder whether you can find out any solution for me... to fit out all these 2.5 " HDDs in a 3.5" HDD bay...

@medvedd:
that's right, it has different pins on power connector...
I don't mind to change the cage in our server, as it mentioned in your suggested link... but I don't know what's the product number which is suitable in my case.. Server Model HP DL380 G7 Model 605878-005

@medvedd:
The SFF drive cage power connector has 10 pins the LFF drive cage power connector has 8 pins. is there any (solution) or conversion kits for this, so the customer can use the 2.5" SFF HDD on 3.5 " cage? please help?

Strangely that's for the DL385 rather than the DL380, I'd expected them to be the same as both generayion 7, maybe it's a difference in length of the supplied cables, more likely one is only rated at 3Gb/s.

Either way it's about $220 + 30 minutes labour to change the front to a normal 8SSF front. Threw a bunch of right hand "DVD trays" out a while back, think I'll keep and sell on eBay next time.

We changed one by calling HP and they looked up the number for the same server but with the SFF drives, I think we had to order a different cable as well. But it worked out perfect
It was one cage and I think a cable

The retail part (I posted p/n above) comes with power plus SAS cables since it's intended for a second cage, also has 6 disk blanks. It's generally cheaper to get retail parts than buying spares, at least from HP.

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